bacon is packed with salt, fat, and protein… it’s kinda everything you crave on a basic level… i’m with you for bacon in general, but like little bacon pieces through a dish is hard to beat to add a bit of a lift

my usual judgement for vegetarian dishes is “would it be better with bacon?” mostly because i often find vegetarian is missing just a bit of all those things, and bacon gives it a bit of body… not to say those dishes should have bacon of course, but it’s just kinda a yard stick because i don’t know vegetarian cooking nearly well enough to be able to pick out vegetarian ways i think the dish could be improved